Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego
摘要
This book explores the Buddhist view of death and its implications for contemporary bioethics. Writing primarily from within the Tibetan tradition, author Karma Lekshe Tsomo discusses Buddhist notions of human consciousness and personal identity and how these figure in the Buddhist view of death. Beliefs about death and enlightenment and states between life and death are also discussed. Tsomo goes on to examine such hot-button topics as cloning, abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, organ donation, genetic engineering, and stem-cell research within a Buddhist context, introducing new ways of thinking about these highly controversial issues.
目次
Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 1 2. Understanding Death and Impermanence 15 3. Understanding the Nature of Consciousness 31 4. Contemplating Self and No-self 43 5. Foundations of Buddhist Ethics 63 6. Death and Enlightenment in Tibet 79 7. The Transition Between Life and Death 99 8. The Ethical Urgency of Death 125 9. Extending Life and Hastening Death 163 10. Buddhism and Genetic Engineering 195 11 Bioethics in a Rapidly Changing World 209 Notes 231 Bibliography 245 Index 255
